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Tell Your Children

Public enemy no. 1. Women cry for it… Men will die for it!
Jun 15, 1938 · 1h 6m
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Drama

PLOT

High-school principal Dr. Alfred Carroll relates to an audience of parents that marijuana can have devastating effects on teens: a drug supplier entices several restless teens, Mary and Jimmy Lane, sister and brother, and Bill, Mary's boyfriend, into frequenting a reefer house. Gradually, Bill and Jimmy are drawn into smoking dope, which affects their family lives.

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CAST

Dorothy Short
Mary
Kenneth Craig
Bill
Lillian Miles
Blanche
Dave O'Brien
Ralph
Thelma White
Mae
Carleton Young
Jack
Warren McCollum
Jimmy
Patricia Royale
Agnes
Directed by Louis J. Gasnier

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$100,000
Revenue
—
Production
George A. Hirliman Productions
Country
US

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